Research on human embryos is usually limited to the first 14 days of development, but as scientific capabilities improve, some argue that it is time to go further. Cultivating human embryos is a ...

The traditional way to make an embryo is to combine a sperm cell with an egg, often after dinner and a bottle of wine. But a new way may be around the corner. In recent years scientists have ...

Researchers have used stem cells to create models that resemble human embryos at two weeks old, but bypass the earliest developmental stages — paving the way for studies that are not possible in human ...

Scientists have created embryo models to help study the mysteries of early human development, the medical problems that happen before birth and why many pregnancies fail. These models are made from ...

At this year's International Society for Stem Cell Research meeting, Professor Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz of the University of Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology announced that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Scientists have created embryo models to ...